[joshink1]

I'd argue that university degrees don't even sufficiently prepare students to work for someone else. A lot of the "soft skills" required for career success such as: self-marketing, business communication, personal finance, sales, politics, etc... are picked up on the job or from the environment (parents, networks, ...).

A potential solo indie-dev would probably be resourceful enough to go the autodidact path, or cherry-pick their own course plan at a university. Since credentials are less important for a self-employed person, they can get the same value from learning resources.

[MaknMoreGtnLess]

> I'd argue that university degrees don't even sufficiently prepare students to work for someone else

Well, it does filter out those who consistently fail to respect a process and deadlines.

A smart businessman can buildout a proven, reproducible process and then employ people with a proven track record of following processes even if those employees are without any experience.

[joshink1]

It’s a noisy and expensive filter at that. The low SES folks (anyone who has to work-study really) will be unfairly selected against per degree completion.

That seems like the innate personality trait of conscientiousness, not something trained into a person through 4 years of artificial tasks and goals, at least not reliably at scale.